Senior Java Tech Lead – Agile - JERSEY CITY

Additional Responsibilities:

• Ownership and delivery on a variety of components (Java/Kotlin) within the Core Prime Brokerage platform. Hands-on Development.
• Provide technical leadership for an agile development team, championing best practices in Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD). Foster a culture of quality through developer-led automated testing initiatives. Drive continuous improvement in SDLC, agile and DevOps processes using key performance indicators, including DORA metrics, to enhance team efficiency and software delivery.
• Lead design, planning and estimation discussions within the team and with partners from across the department along with business stakeholders.
• Conduct high-level system analysis and architecture design, ensuring alignment with business requirements, technical standards and the overall architecture blueprint.
• Facilitate requirement gathering and translate complex business needs into technical specifications.
• Oversee the creation and maintenance of project and technical documentation.
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the SDLC, proposing solutions to complex problems.
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Oversee production support processes, collaborating with operations and business stakeholders. Analyze issue patterns to drive improvements. Guide documentation efforts, maintain on-call rotations and lead post-mortems. Lead efforts to resolve root-causes and enhance performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Provide technical leadership and serve as advisor or coach to mid-level developers, analysts and grads.

Technical Experience:

• Java & Test-Driven Development are essential.

Experience in any number of additional technologies (listed below) is advantageous:

• Kotlin, Java, Kafka Streams

• Cloud Technologies (Kubernetes, Open Shift)

• Messaging Technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO)

• Database / Data Store / Data Query Technologies (SQL Server, Trino, Mongo, S3)

• Observability Technologies (OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack / ELK, Grafana)

What we need from you:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in Apps Development or systems analysis role

• Extensive experience system analysis and in programming of software applications

• Experience in managing and implementing successful projects

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) in at least one area of Applications Development

• Ability to adjust priorities quickly as circumstances dictate

• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills

• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

• Master’s degree preferred